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J. S. BROWN. TRACE CARRIER.

No. 425,746. Patented Apr. 15, 1890.

/% a.% By M g A Twp/vars UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN STODDART BRONVN, OF GALVESTON, TEXAS.

TRACE-CARRI ER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of I Letters Patent No. 425,746, dated April 15, 1890.

Application filed January 4, 1890. Serial No. 835,911. 7 (N0 model.)

To all whmn it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN STODDART BROWN, residing at Galveston, in the county of Galveston and State of Texas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Back- Band Buckles with Hooks, of which the following is a specification.

My invention has for its object to provide a back-band buckle with hooks, which is simple in construction, cheap as to cost, and of great strength and durability.

To this end my invention consists in certain'novel features of construction and peculiar arrangement of parts, all of which will be hereinafter fully described in the annexed specification, and particularly pointed out in the claims, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a front view of my improved band-buckle with hooks as applied to one end of the band, the draft-chain being attached thereto, and Fig. 2 is. a perspective view of the hooks and buckles proper.

I-Ieretofore, so far as I know, all back-band buckles with hooks for the purpose for which my hook is provided have been constructed of cast or malleable metal, thereby making their manufacture costly and difficult, besides producing back-band buckles with hooks which would easily break when stepped upon by an animal, or when sudden strain was applied thereto.

My band-buckle with hooks which I construct of wrought iron, preferably heavy wrought-wire, consists of the body part A, formed of a single piece of wire a into a rectangular shape, the meeting ends a a of which are bent downward, upward, outward, and again downward into eyes a a forming two distinct supports for the draft-chain B, the link I) of which is shown in connection with such eyes in Fig. l of the drawings. Intermediate the vertical portions a a of the body portion A and the bent parts 0, a the wire a is formed with outwardly-curved indentures a a, which form seats for the lower ends 0 of the upwardlyextending tongues O O and holds them from lateral displacement.

D denotes the center upwardly-extending tongue, the lower end of which is bent around the bent meeting ends a of the wire 0, into a loop (1, which holds said ends of the wire in place.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the drawings, it will be seen that my back-band buckle with hooks is extremely simple in construction. It will also be seen that by making the body part out of a single piece of wrought-wire and the ends thereof turned into loops, as shown, they form a simple and effective means for attaching the chain B, and by having the two distinct loops the strain is the more equally distributed and the frictional wear is much reduced, and by attaching the center tongue in manner described the ends are securely held together and at the same time forming a simple means of attaching the said center tongue to the body part.

My improved back-band buckle with hooks has many advantages. It will stand more wear than a malleable-iron back-band buckle with hooks, is easily adjusted to a back-band, is cheaper in construction than any of the other back-band buckles with hooks now in use for a similar purpose, and it can be made of galvanized wire, thus obviating the necessity of being japanned, which process is expensive and does not wear well. It will stand many more pounds weight in point of strength of material than any malleable back band buckles with hooks.

It is obvious that different-sized wires may be used to form larger or smaller sized backband buckles with hooks.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patcut, is

1. An improved backband buckle with hooks, consisting of a body portion formed of a single piece of wrought-wire, the meeting ends of each bent downward, upward, outward, and again downward to form chain-holding hooks or loops, and the tongues pivoted upon the said body portion, substantially as and for the purpose described.

2. The combination, with the body portion A, formed of a single piece of wrought-wire, the meeting ends thereof bent downward and into chain-holding loops or hooks, of the end tongues pivoted to said body portion, as shown, and the central tongue provided with IOC an eye at its lower end encircling the said meeting ends of the body portion, whereby said ends are held together, substantially as and for the purpose described.

3. The herein-described improved back: band buckle with hooks or loops, consisting of a body portion formed of a single piece of wrought-wire bent intobnckle shape, the meeting ends of such wire being bent downward 10 and into chain-supporting loops or hooks, the

lower portion of such wire having lateral indentations a tongues pivoted on said indented portions, and the central tongue having a loop or eye at its lower end embracing the said meeting ends of the wire, whereby said ends are held together, all arranged substantially as and for the purpose described.

JOHN STODDART BROWN.

Witnesses:

J. W. PAYNE, \V. E. BLANTON. 

